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    Diligent Boards

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AToday’s directors need fast, informed decision-making and seamless governance workflows. Diligent Boards automates board and committee meeting creation, streamlines preparation and enhances collaboration with secure, integrated tools. More broadly, Diligent solutions provide a growth trajectory on the path to good governance and bundle capabilities that support the evolution of forward-looking boards and leadership teams. Save time by digitizing meeting materials and…N/A

    Virola Messenger

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AVirola Messenger is a corporate messenger for secure team collaboration. Both self-hosted and cloud Virola servers are available. Main features: private and group chat rooms file transfer and unlimited storage reactions, mentions, replies and discussions continuous voice and video meetings voice meetings recording live avatars issue tracking with task board screen sharing remote…

    $22

    per month 11 users (minimum)

    Pricing
    Diligent BoardsVirola Messenger
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Annual Subscription
    $1.30
    per month per user
    Monthly Subscription
    $1.56
    per month per user
    Perpetual License
    $31.24
    one-time fee per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Diligent BoardsVirola Messenger
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiligent Board Plans include... Essential: Built for organizations looking to embrace governance best practices and digital transformation Pro: Built for organizations that are looking to embrace end-to-end security around key governance processes like board meeting preparation, communication, and questionnaires. Enterprise: For high performing boards looking to maximize effectiveness of committees and prepare for proxy season.
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    Community Pulse
    Diligent BoardsVirola Messenger
    Considered Both Products
    Diligent Corporation
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    Provide Support Live Chat
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    108 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    83 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    110 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    73 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    79 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Diligent BoardsVirola Messenger
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Diligent Boards and Virola Messenger
    Feature
    Diligent Boards
    -
    Ratings
    Virola Messenger
    7.8
    2 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Diligent Boards and Virola Messenger
    Feature
    Diligent Boards
    -
    Ratings
    Virola Messenger
    9.5
    2 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Chat00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Diligent Boards and Virola Messenger
    Feature
    Diligent Boards
    -
    Ratings
    Virola Messenger
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Video files00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
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    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Diligent BoardsVirola Messenger
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (112 ratings)
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.8
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (42 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (78 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.6
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Diligent BoardsVirola Messenger
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Diligent Corporation
    We had a meeting and after the meeting, additional information was added to the book and it was easy to navigate just the information that was update. This made it efficient when we had a follow-up meeting to discuss the updates and be able to reference the updated information. This allowed us to have an effective meeting with a purpose.
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    Provide Support Live Chat
    This is fantastic for offices that have employees working from home. It is a much cleaner and easier way to discuss projects or even have informal conversations. However if all employees are working from the same office, the features are limited as conversation, screen sharing, and task management are less valuable.
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    Pros
    Diligent Corporation
    • The confidential sandbox is a must, and Diligent Boards provides that environment. Most of the info we put on the diligent board is not downloadable and printable.
    • It is very easy to make notes, highlights important info and bookmark pages. I used these functions all the time.
    • Its excellent organization features.
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    Provide Support Live Chat
    • Secure chatting
    • Chatrooms
    • File transfer/ sharing
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Diligent Corporation
    • not so easy to handle access when we have to arrange a specific, non-standard set up of access: sometimes we have to limit the access to one or few of the members of a particular book
    • calendar function will be useful, but it is an additional cost
    • flexible view options: vertical vs. horizontal
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    Provide Support Live Chat
    • A cleaner interface.
    • More intuitive for older generations.
    • Customizable notification tones
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Diligent Corporation
    We find the Boards portal to be an effective tool for our board meeting documents. It is user friendly and allows for amendments, additions as needed without compromising documents that have already been uploaded. Additionally, our Board members are comfortable with the platform and confident in their ability to navigate it.
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    Provide Support Live Chat
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Diligent Corporation
    Again, it is a very easy program to use. What would I change… There’s some features in the agenda that I would like to have. The ability to add different bullets underneath items. the ability to do an AYE vote. Because sometimes they don’t individually vote, my superintendent or School Board chair will say I’ll say hi or I’ll say, and it would be really nice to have a button that automatically fills for that.
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    Provide Support Live Chat
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Diligent Corporation
    Diligent helpdesk (Team Topaz) is a click away, their response is very quick
    Incentivized
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    Provide Support Live Chat
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Diligent Corporation
    Quick service, specially on loading.
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    Provide Support Live Chat
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Diligent Corporation
    The turnaround time is great, and the customer support team usually resolves queries in one go. However, customer support can improve by suggesting additional helpful activities to improve user experience, rather than limiting it to the specific requests made. Overall, it has been a positive experience with the customer support team.
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    Provide Support Live Chat
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    Online Training
    Diligent Corporation
    Comprehensive. I didn’t feel like I was confused or didn’t have the knowledge to begin using Diligent Boards immediately
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    Provide Support Live Chat
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Diligent Corporation
    easy implementation process
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    Provide Support Live Chat
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    Alternatives Considered
    Diligent Corporation
    Diligent Entities is already great, as I used it before Diligent Boards, and it was very helpful and very cost-effective as a product provided to my previous team that used it. So I can only vouch for the platform and note that Diligent Boards is also fantastic. It certainly is.
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    It's really early to judge Virola's capabilities with other offerings or tools in the marketplace but with the set of features the tool offers at the moment at the negligible price it can surely be counted as a dark horse to make its way through to be one of the best. Provide that it has the ability to support larger teams, it can really be successful in the future.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Diligent Corporation
    the pricing is quite steep and if you under-utilise some products it becomes a loss to you as the user.
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    Provide Support Live Chat
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Diligent Corporation
    It is really worth it.
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    Provide Support Live Chat
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Diligent Corporation
    Diligent's professional services have been reliable
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    Provide Support Live Chat
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    Return on Investment
    Diligent Corporation
    • Ease of dissmeniation and administration of packages (errors can be easily corrected)
    • Directors can read packages from anywhere in the world at any time. It makes prep for Dircetors a lot easier
    • Keeping records of meetings, doing searches for information has become easier and less time consuming
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    Provide Support Live Chat
    • Kept everyone in the loop
    • Allowed for seamless project discussions from inside and outside the office.
    • Great way to share screens which was very important.
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    ScreenShots

    Diligent Boards Screenshots

    Screenshot of collaboration on sensitive documents across the organisation in preparation for the board meeting, while safeguarding information in Diligent’s secure ecosystem.Screenshot of an additional layer of security to known processes with key integrations like Microsoft 365. Documents can be shared and users can collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders.Screenshot of the centralized platform where users can take, record, review and share minutes.Screenshot of board evaluations and questionnaires.Screenshot of D&O questionnaire requirements, which are managed in a single application experience.Screenshot of communication with leadership teams. This occurs in real-time on an encrypted, uncluttered channel to signify importance and urgency.

    Virola Messenger Screenshots

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